Rene Perez Joglar “ El Redidente” and Eduardo Jose Cabra Martinez “El Visitante” are the Puerto Rican step brothers that formulated the band Calle 13 in 2005. The music style Calle 13 incorporates in their music is Reggaeton with a range of different Latin American genres. Reggaeton originated from Puerto Rico,it is a collaboration of latin dancehall and rap. Unlike many rappers, this particular Latin American band use their music to speak upon the current issues people are facing instead of the usual money sex and fame. From the name of the band “Calle 13” to their stage name is a form of expressing political and social issues in Latin Americans have to deal with. These stepbrothers made their music an outlet for political outrage.
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Which in the United States was also used to upon the racism, police brutality and government corruption. Rap artists such as NWA and Ice T were demanding that the world directed its concentration to the social injustices by becoming the influential voice of the LA Riots. With songs such as “F**k the Police” by NWA was able to get individuals to open their eyes and to become conscious of what the government was doing to their communities. Which is exactly what Calle 13 was trying to do. For instance, Calle 13 produced a song called “ Baile de Pobre” depicted the major socio economical gap between the poor and rich in Puerto Rico. The song compared and contrasted the various differences between both lifestyles. Which illustrated in incredible detail how easy the life of the upper class is compared to the lower …show more content…
While hosting the Latin American MTV Awards Ceremony in 2009. El Residente Rene exposed a few injustices that were occurring in Latin America by reading the messages he has received on Twitter on national television. He further stated that he is reading these messages due to the fact that the people are the voice of the country and have to be heard. During the MTV Award Ceremony, he brought to light that over 30,000 people in Chile are missing. The no nonsense Rene Perez did not stop there; he called out the Governor of Puerto Rico Luis Furtuno. He openly called the Governor a “Son of a B***h” for terminating more than 10,000 public workers including his mother. Not to mention, he used his popularity and platform in Television to demonstrated how individuals in Puerto Rico live in Poverty. In 2006, MTV televised Calle 13’s Concrete Journey showcased low income families lived in community of La Perla in Puerto Rico. From the very beginning of the show, Calle 13 explained the differences in social classes in San Juan and did not try to conceal how difficult and improvised La Perla is. During the show he also explained why he wrote the song “ Querido FBI” which was open letter to the United States telling them they are wrong for coming to PuertoRico and murdering the Filiberto Ojeda Rios who was a Puerto Rican Nationalist that bled to death because the FBI
Which in the United States was also used to upon the racism, police brutality and government corruption. Rap artists such as NWA and Ice T were demanding that the world directed its concentration to the social injustices by becoming the influential voice of the LA Riots. With songs such as “F**k the Police” by NWA was able to get individuals to open their eyes and to become conscious of what the government was doing to their communities. Which is exactly what Calle 13 was trying to do. For instance, Calle 13 produced a song called “ Baile de Pobre” depicted the major socio economical gap between the poor and rich in Puerto Rico. The song compared and contrasted the various differences between both lifestyles. Which illustrated in incredible detail how easy the life of the upper class is compared to the lower …show more content…
While hosting the Latin American MTV Awards Ceremony in 2009. El Residente Rene exposed a few injustices that were occurring in Latin America by reading the messages he has received on Twitter on national television. He further stated that he is reading these messages due to the fact that the people are the voice of the country and have to be heard. During the MTV Award Ceremony, he brought to light that over 30,000 people in Chile are missing. The no nonsense Rene Perez did not stop there; he called out the Governor of Puerto Rico Luis Furtuno. He openly called the Governor a “Son of a B***h” for terminating more than 10,000 public workers including his mother. Not to mention, he used his popularity and platform in Television to demonstrated how individuals in Puerto Rico live in Poverty. In 2006, MTV televised Calle 13’s Concrete Journey showcased low income families lived in community of La Perla in Puerto Rico. From the very beginning of the show, Calle 13 explained the differences in social classes in San Juan and did not try to conceal how difficult and improvised La Perla is. During the show he also explained why he wrote the song “ Querido FBI” which was open letter to the United States telling them they are wrong for coming to PuertoRico and murdering the Filiberto Ojeda Rios who was a Puerto Rican Nationalist that bled to death because the FBI